World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots

Artist: World's End Girlfriend
Album: Seven Idiots
Genre: Frenetic electronic, instrumental

World's End Girlfriend is another solo outfit from Japan specializing in electronic music. I always enjoy Japanese music at first, but it tends to grow old on me, which is the reason I held off on posting about this album. Something I've discovered while listening to it over the weeks however, is that the album uses non-traditional electronic instruments liberally, such as piano, saxophone, violin, and of course, electric guitar. It's also punctuated with bits of classical-sounding music, making for a refreshing sound from Japan. Regardless, if you don't like cacophonies of noise, ignore this album. The 'Bohemian Purgatory' songs form an epic middle of the album, employing classical and jazzy sounds interspersed with Electronic. 'Dier Spiegel Im Spiegel Im Spiegel' forms a non-rhythmic 4 minute entry into 'The Offering Inferno' which consists of little more than a single note on a piano being struck periodically, nonsensible feedback noises, screaming, and what sounds like a Cerberus tearing a town apart for 8 minutes and 33 seconds, and can hardly be considered music by itself. It really seems to be a blemish on an otherwise fun album, and is followed by a peaceful piano/violin driven closing track. If you enjoy frantic electronic pieces and can get over an 8-minute track of jarring noise, then enjoy!